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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0399.v1

Exploring First-time & Repeat Volunteer Scuba Divers’ Environmentally Responsible Behaviors Based on the C-A-B Model

Jan-Wei Lin, Hsiao-Chang Tsao

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: scuba diving; volunteers; marine environmental protection; mediating effects; environmentally responsible behavior

Online: 6 June 2023 (07:49:27 CEST)

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Volunteer scuba divers have become indispensable stakeholders in marine environmental protection, as their educational knowledge and environmental awareness create environmentally responsible attitudes and behaviors, which are the key elements to promote the sustainable development of marine environments. This study used the C-A-B model to examine the relationship between environmental knowledge, environmental sensitivity, destination social responsibility, and environmentally responsible behaviors of volunteer scuba divers. It also explored the mediating effects of destination social responsibility and first-time and repeat volunteers. In order to achieve the research purpose, this study adopted quantitative research to verify the research structure, proposed the hypotheses and prepared a questionnaire with reference to relevant previous studies. A total of 238 Taiwan marine volunteer scuba divers were selected as the subjects by intentional sampling, and the effective questionnaire recovery rate is 92.9%. Structural equation was used to verify the model of environmentally responsible behaviors of volunteer scuba divers, as based on the C-A-B model. This study found that environmental knowledge had a significant impact on destination social responsibility, and destination social responsibility had a significant impact on environmentally responsible behaviors. Destination social responsibility also had the effect of complete mediation on the model. In addition, the first-time and repeat volunteers had a significant mediating effect on the causal relationship between environmental knowledge and environmentally responsible behaviors, as well as between environmental sensitivity and environmentally responsible behaviors. The explanatory power of the overall model on the environmentally responsible behaviors of volunteer scuba divers is 69.0%, and their knowledge, sense of responsibility, experience, and level of involvement can be regarded as the determinants of their environmentally responsible behaviors.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0369.v1

Factors of Sustainable Consumption Behavior Based on Health Risk Perception: The Example of Electronic Vehicles in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China

Yuexin Dou, Ji Chen

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: sustainable consumption behavior; electronic vehicles; SEM; Kunming

Online: 6 June 2023 (03:50:11 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0247.v1

A Novel Framework of Public Risk Assessment Using an Inte-Grated Approach Based on AHP and Psychometric Paradigm

Mahmaod Alrawad, Abdalwali Lutfi, Mohammed Amin Almaiah, Adi Alsyouf, Hussin Mostafa Arafa, Yasser Soliman, Ibrahim A. Elshaer

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: risk communication; resilience; psychometric paradigm; analytical hierarchal process.; risk perception; natural hazards

Online: 5 June 2023 (05:40:41 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.2136.v1

Dog Assisted Therapy Is Hypothesized to Lower Stress in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) And Children With Down Syndrome (DS), Which May Be Visible on a Physiological Level. In This Study, We Measured Heart Rate Variability (HRV) And Salivary

Richard Eric Griffioen, Geert J.M. Van Boxtel, Theo Verheggen, Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers, Steffie Van der Steen

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Animal Assisted Interventions; HRV; Cortisol; Stress; Dog Assisted Therapy; Down Syndrome; Autism Spectrum Disorder

Online: 30 May 2023 (12:20:55 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1792.v1

Efi Yuliati Yovi, Anindrya Nastiti, Budi Kuncahyo

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: forestry worker; climate change; heat-related illness; hot temperature; outdoor worker; slow-onset disaster

Online: 25 May 2023 (10:08:19 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1295.v1

Modeling and Quantifying the Impact of Personified Communication on Purchase Behavior in Social Commerce

Jie Zhao, Chengxiang Zhu

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Social commerce; Social media; Personified communication; E-commerce

Online: 18 May 2023 (08:01:47 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1224.v1

Evaluating Influencing Factors of Audiences’ Attitude in Virtual Concerts: Evidence from China

Jing Deng, Younghwan Pan

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: virtual concert; audiences’ attitude; player experience; technology acceptance

Online: 17 May 2023 (10:13:58 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1148.v1

Implementation of Presession Pairing with Group Contingency for Children of Deaf Adults to Improve Classroom Behavior

Ksenia Anisimova, Su-Je Cho, Kwang-Sun C Blair, Kijung Ryu

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: antecedent-based intervention; function-based intervention; children of deaf adults; pre-session pairing; independent group contingency

Online: 16 May 2023 (10:11:00 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0717.v1

The Effects of Individuals’ Opinion and Non-opinion Characteristics on the Organization of Influence Networks in the Online Domain

Vladislav N. Gezha, Ivan V. Kozitsin

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: opinion formation models; influence networks; online social networks; the effects of non-opinion characteristics; assimilative influence; bounded confidence

Online: 10 May 2023 (08:58:32 CEST)

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The opinion dynamics literature argues that the way people perceive social influence depends not only on the opinions of interacting individuals, but also on the individuals’ non-opinion characteristics, such as age, education, gender, or place of residence. The current paper advances this line of research by studying longitudinal data that describe the opinion dynamics of a large sample (~30,000) of online social network users, all citizens of one city. Using these data, we systematically investigate the effects of users’ demographic (age, gender) and structural (degree centrality, the number of common friends) properties on opinion formation processes. We revealed that females are less easily influenced than males. Next, we found that individuals that are characterized by similar ages have more chances to reach a consensus. Besides, we report that individuals who have many common peers find an agreement more often. We also demonstrated that the impacts of these effects are virtually the same, and despite being statistically significant, are far less strong than that of opinion-related features: knowing the current opinion of an individual and, what is even more important, the distance in opinions between this individual and the person that attempts to influence the individual is much more valuable. Next, after conducting a series of simulations with an agent-based model, we revealed that accounting for non-opinion characteristics may lead to not very sound but statistically significant changes in the macroscopic predictions of the populations of opinion camps, primarily among the agents with radical opinions (≈ 3% of all votes). In turn, predictions for the populations of neutral individuals are virtually the same. Besides, we demonstrated that the accumulative effect of non-opinion features on opinion dynamics is seriously moderated by whether the underlying social network correlates with the agents’ characteristics. After applying the procedure of random shuffling (in which the agents and their characteristics were randomly scattered over the network), the macroscopic predictions have changed by ≈ 9% of all votes. What is interesting, the population of neutral agents was again not affected by this intervention.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.1144.v1

Antecedents of Waze Mobile Application Usage as a Solution for Sustainable Traffic Management among Gen Z

Ma. Janice J. Gumasing, Frances Jeann Charlize S. Bermejo, Keisha Taranee C. Elpedes, Lady Fatima E. Gonzales, Aaron Chastine V. Villajin

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Waze Mobile Application; Technology Acceptance Model; Structural Equation Modeling

Online: 28 April 2023 (08:24:25 CEST)

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The study aims to investigate Gen Z's intentions to utilize the Waze mobile application as a solution for sustainable traffic management in Meto Manila. The extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used to define user behavior and technology usage to determine the factors influencing Filipino drivers' application acceptance of Waze. The study’s data results have revealed that the System Quality, Perceived Location Accuracy, Perceived Usefulness, and Perceived Ease of Use affect Filipinos' intentions to use traffic navigation applications, particularly Waze. The study utilized a survey and was given to 300 Filipino drivers traveling within the National Capital Region to accurately measure the factors and their connections to usage intention and actual use. The analytical approach used for this investigation was partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The study's results can be applied as a theoretical framework for future researchers of Waze mobile applications, Waze route accuracy, and Waze overall application performance, as well as the features of the Waze application, to evaluate how the use of the Waze mobile application could help in the effective management of traffic situations in Metro Manila. The study was able to assess the effectiveness of the Waze navigation app as a platform for efficiently managing traffic situations in Metro Manila. Moreover, this study also highlighted the application performance of Waze and its acceptance by Filipino drivers in Metro Manila. Furthermore, the study implores a critical review of Waze's application performance. The study recommends that similar future studies must consider samples from a more diverse geographic background to obtain a more accurate representation of Filipinos traveling. Future researchers are also advised to adopt a qualitative research design to gain more detailed insights of Filipinos regarding their experience with the Waze application.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0310.v1

Measuring the Awareness Levels of Alcohol and Substance Addicted Individuals and Tertiary Prevention Standards: Development of Uskudar Result Awareness and Harm Perception Scales

Nevzat Tarhan, Çiğdem Demirsoy, Aylin Tutgun Ünal

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Alcohol addiction; substance addiction; self-awareness; rehabilitation; scale development; tertiary prevention; dangerous and harmful use; positive psychotherapy in addiction

Online: 13 April 2023 (08:19:34 CEST)

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Alcohol and substance addiction is a type of brain disease that damages many areas of life of the individual and has psychological components. Since questioning alcohol use alone is not sufficient in the diagnostic evaluation process, self-awareness and the individual's long-term psychological well-being are important in the rehabilitation process. Since investigating alcohol use alone is not sufficient in the diagnostic evaluation process, self-awareness and the individual’s long-term psychological well-being are important in the rehabilitation process. Primary prevention is used to prevent disease in healthy people, and secondary prevention is used for early diagnosis to people at risk. Tertiary prevention is important to prevent recurrence of the disease in the treated person. In addiction, which is a chronic problem, a need has emerged for tertiary prevention, that is, rehabilitation standards. If people are uncertain about the harm perception and the natural result of their behavior, they easily slip into the substance. Therefore, as a positive psychotherapy technique, harm perception and result awareness levels should be clarified. For this reason, scales were developed. The inclusion of new psychology perspectives and therapy techniques, such as positive psychology, in the treatment process requires setting new standards. In this study, it was aimed to develop result awareness and harm perception scales to determine the awareness levels and rehabilitation standards of alcohol and substance addicted individuals, and to compare awareness in normal and addicted groups. The study group consisted of 1134 participants, 41 of whom were addicts. Among the two scales developed in the study, the Uskudar Result Awareness Scale (USRAS) consisting of 25 items and 6 factor, explained 58.4% of the total variance. The Uskudar Harm Perception Scale (USHPS), consisting of 36 items and 10 factors, explained 56.3% of the total variance. Confirmatory factor analysis of the two scales resulted in acceptable goodness-of-fit values. (X2/df<3; RMSEA<.08; NFI>.90; NNFI>.95; CFI>.95; GFI>.90; AGFI>.85). In the comparisons made, the result awareness of the normal group was moderate (X=3,81); whereas the addicted group had a low result awareness (X=3,20); The effect size of the difference between the two groups was found to be high (d=1,45; >0,8). In the other measure, the harm perception of the normal group was found in the low-risk group (X=3,78); the harm perception of the addicted group was found in the moderate-risk group (X=3,43). According to Cohen d calculations, the effect size of the difference between the two groups is high (d=1,43; >0,8). It has been concluded that the two scales that emerged in the research are valid and safe, can be included in the rehabilitation studies and the creation of self-awareness, and their effectiveness should be tested.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0064.v1

Opinion Formation in Online Public Debates Structured in Information Cascades: A System-Theoretic Viewpoint

Ivan V. Kozitsin

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: opinion formation models; information cascades; ranking algorithms; social media

Online: 5 April 2023 (12:56:21 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0291.v1

State-Dependent Valuation Learning Affects Preference in a Delay-Discounting Task

Zirahuén Vílchez, Erick Barrón, Laurent Ávila-Chauvet, Jonathan Buriticá, Óscar García-Leal

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: state-dependent valuation learning; self-control; delay-discounting; impulsivity

Online: 15 March 2023 (16:03:51 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0264.v1

Train-Your-Brain Program for Informal Caregivers of Stroke Survivors: A Pilot Community-Based Cognitive Intervention Study to Promote Healthy Dietary Behaviors and Social Participation

Xiang Cong Tham, Vanessa Jing Xin Phua, Evelyn Kit Yee Ho, Tingting Yan, Nicole Yun Ching Chen, Mabel Qi He Leow, Xin Yi Seah, Vivien Xi Wu, Wentao Zhou, Edward Wing Hong Poon, Wei Fong Liau, Yanhong Dong

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: post-stroke; community intervention; stroke survivors; caregivers; diet; fruits; vegetables; social participation

Online: 15 March 2023 (01:47:14 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0162.v1

General Consumer Preferences for Sleep-Tracking Wearables: The Role of Expert Validation

Lindsay P Schwartz, Jaime K Devine, Jake Choynowski, Steven R Hursh

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Consumer Sleep Technologies; Wearables; Sleep-Tracking; Behavioral Economics; Demand Curve Analysis

Online: 9 March 2023 (02:18:22 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0155.v1

Prevalence & Psychiatric Correlates of Illicit Substance Use in UK Undergraduate students

Holly Foster, Jodie Stevenson, Umair Akram

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Sleep; Substance Use; Insomnia; Anxiety; Depression; Students; Stress

Online: 9 February 2023 (06:03:39 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202111.0448.v2

Modulating Visuomotor Sequence Learning by Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: What Do We Know So Far?

Laura Szucs-Bencze, Teodora Vekony, Orsolya Pesthy, Nikoletta Szabo, Zsigmond Tamas Kincses, Zsolt Turi, Dezso Nemeth

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: non-invasive brain stimulation; sequence learning; statistical learning; repetitive TMS; DLPFC

Online: 9 February 2023 (02:41:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0131.v1

Primitive vs. Advanced Theory-of-Mind: Defending and Reformulating the Difference

Teresa Bejarano

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: foreign mental contents; human sclera; reception of pointing gestures; self-conscious emotions; Theory-of-Mind; vicarious expectations

Online: 7 February 2023 (11:24:52 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202302.0089.v1

Two Grey–White Matter Circuits Separate Borderline Personality Disorder From Controls and Mediate the Relationship Between Specific Childhood Traumas and Symptoms. A mCCA+jICA and Random Forest Approach

Alessandro Grecucci, Harold Dadomo, Gerardo Salvato, Gaia Lapomarda, Sara Sorella, Irene Messina

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Borderline personality disorder; machine learning; data fusion; child trauma; symptoms severity

Online: 6 February 2023 (08:47:40 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0565.v1

Investigating the Impact of Food Rewards on Children’s Motivation to Participate in Sport

Alanna Shwed, Brenda Bruner, Barbi Law, Mark Bruner

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: food rewards; children; sport; motivation; participation

Online: 31 January 2023 (02:32:29 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0542.v1

Associations of Passive Drinking with Perceived Health Status, Mental Health, and Family Wellbeing in Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Siu Long Chau, Yongda Wu, Man Ping Wang, Sai Yin Ho

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Passive drinking; perceived health status; mental health; family wellbeing; adolescents; Hong Kong Chinese

Online: 30 January 2023 (06:51:39 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0070.v2

Change in Human (Moral) Decision-Making and Performance with Intelligent Machines: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Human-Autonomous Systems Interactions

Arthur Prével, Adriana Salatino, Salvatore Lo Bue

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: decision-making; human-autonomous systems interaction; human performance; intelligent machines; overreliance; situational awareness

Online: 23 January 2023 (13:19:41 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0405.v1

Polymorphism rs754203 in Gene CYP46A1 Is a Potential Suicide Risk Biomarker in Major Depressive Disorder

María Fernanda Serna-Rodríguez, Oscar Cienfuegos-Jiménez, Ricardo Martín Cerda-Flores, Iván Alberto Marino-Martínez, Mario Alberto Hernández-Ordoñez, José Alfonso Ontiveros-Sánchez de la Barquera, Antonio Alí Pérez-Maya

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Suicide; risk factor; polymorphism; CYP46A1; depression.

Online: 23 January 2023 (09:37:54 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0016.v2

Young People and Carers’ Experience of a Rural Mobile Mental Health Support Service: A Qualitative Study

Julaine Allan, Anna Thompson

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: rural; mental health; adolescents; access; service user experience; interventions

Online: 16 January 2023 (02:04:32 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0222.v1

Unveiling Circumnutation in Pea Plants via Supervised Machine Learning

Qiuran Wang, Tommaso Barbariol, Gian Antonio Susto, Bianca Bonato, Silvia Guerra, Umberto Castiello

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: plant movement; circumnutation; machine learning; classification; kinematics

Online: 12 January 2023 (09:34:31 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0197.v1

Potential Genetic Biomarkers of Suicide Risk in the Mexican Population: A Systematic Literature Review

Juan Angel Garcia-Quiñones, Celia Nohemi Sanchez-Dominguez, María Fernanda Serna-Rodríguez, Ivan Alberto Marino-Martinez, Ana María Rivas-Estilla, Antonio Alí Pérez-Maya

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Biomarkers; Genetic; Suicidal behavior; Suicide; Mexican; Genomic.

Online: 11 January 2023 (10:34:57 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0095.v1

Ranitidine Alleviates Anxiety-Like Behaviour and Improves the Density of Pyramidal Neurons upon Deactivation of Microglia in CA3 Region of the Hippocampus in A Cysteamine Hcl-Induced Mouse Model of Gastrointestinal Disorder

Divya Bharathi Selvaraj, Jemi Feiona Vergil Andrews, Muthuswamy Anusuyadevi, Mahesh Kandasamy

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Anxiety; cysteamine HCl; histamine,; ranitidine,; elevated plus maze; microglia

Online: 5 January 2023 (03:26:50 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202301.0042.v1

The Neural Signatures of Shame, Embarrassment and Guilt: A Voxel-based Meta-analysis on Functional Neuroimaging Studies

Luca Piretti, Edoardo Pappaianni, Caludia Garbin, Raffaella Ida Rumiati, Remo Job, Alessandro Grecucci

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: self-conscious emotions; shame; embarrassment; guilt; moral emotions; anterior insula

Online: 4 January 2023 (02:30:53 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0387.v1

The Sound of Emotion: Pinpointing Emotional Voice Processing via Frequency Tagging EEG

Silke Vos, Olivier Collignon, Bart Boets

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: emotion discrimination; voice; frequency-tagging; EEG

Online: 21 December 2022 (06:07:12 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0286.v1

Impact of Ecological Momentary Interventions on Regulatory Strategies of Perceived Stress at Work: Example With the Application "MY SHERPA” in an Ecological Context

Emilie Perreau, Sarah Belouahchi, Davy Castel, Emilie Loup-Escande

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: ICT; EMI; worker well-being; perceived stress; ecological study

Online: 15 December 2022 (15:05:30 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0199.v1

Determinants of Open Defecation among Rural Women in Ghana: Analysis of 2003, 2008 and 2014 Demographic and Health Surveys

Eugene Appiah-Effah, Kingsley Boakye, Tarif Salihu, Godwin Armstrong Duku, Justice Owusu-Darko Fenteng, George Boateng, Francis Appiah

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Open defecation; rural women; Ghana; Environmental Health; Demographic and Health Survey

Online: 12 December 2022 (10:03:35 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0086.v1

Information Needs and Communication Strategies for People with Coronary Heart Disease: A Scoping Review

Clara Zwack, Carlie Smith, Vanessa Poulsen, Natalie Raffoul, Julie Redfern

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Information; resources; coronary heart disease; digital health; education; cardiac rehabilitation; secondary prevention; text message; sensors; cardiovascular risk

Online: 6 December 2022 (02:09:28 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202212.0016.v1

Young People and Carers’ Experience of a Rural Mobile Mental Health Support Service: A Qualitative Study

Julaine Allan, Anna Thompson

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: rural; mental health; adolescents; access; service user experience; interventions

Online: 1 December 2022 (08:14:59 CET)

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Preprint BRIEF REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0469.v1

Knowledge of Diabetes among Adults at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Kerala, India

Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan, Jeemon Panniyammakal, Brian Oldenburg

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: diabetes knowledge; diabetes; prediabetes; prevention; health promotion; awareness

Online: 25 November 2022 (06:02:45 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0463.v1

Neurophysiological Evaluation of Students’ Experience during Remote and Face-To-Face Lessons. A Case Study at Driving School

Ilaria Simonetti, Luca Tamborra, Andrea Giorgi, Vincenzo Ronca, Alessia Vozzi, Pietro Aricò, Gianluca Borghini, Nicolina Sciaraffa, Arianna Trettel, Fabio Babiloni, Manuel Picardi, Gianluca Di Flumeri

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Neuroscience; Education; Learning; Brain activity; Heart activity; Skin Conductance; Neuroimaging; Wearable devices

Online: 25 November 2022 (02:40:05 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0431.v1

Bridging the Gap Between Laboratory and Applied Research on Response-Independent Schedules

Einar T. Ingvarsson, Eduardo J. Fernandez

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: adventitious reinforcement; induction; noncontingent reinforcement; response-independent schedules; superstition

Online: 23 November 2022 (03:34:03 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0342.v1

Burying and Burrowing Behavior in Male and Female Normal and 3xTg-AD Mice: A New Comprehensive Study Based on the Two-Zone Configuration.

Mikel Santana-Santana, Jose R. Bayascas, Lydia Giménez-Llort

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: neuroethology; methodology; sexual differences; aging; Alzheimer’s disease; marble burying test; burrowing test; repetitive behavior

Online: 18 November 2022 (01:08:33 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0319.v1

Prevalence of BIDI® Stick E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults in the United States

Neil McKeganey, Andrea Patton, Venus Marza, Gabriel Barnard

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Disposable E-cigarettes Youth Young Adult Prevalence

Online: 17 November 2022 (02:29:42 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0280.v1

Applied Behavior Analysis and the Zoo: Forthman and Ogden (1992) Thirty Years Later

Eduardo Fernandez, Allison Martin

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: animal welfare; animal training; applied animal behavior; behavior analysis; behavioral engineering; environmental enrichment; zoos

Online: 15 November 2022 (07:20:08 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202211.0082.v1

Conspiracy Beliefs and Vaccine Mandates: Exploring the Politicized determinants for Attitudes to COVID-19 Control in China

Ruifen Zhang, Jun Yan, Hepeng Jia, Xi Luo

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: COVID-19; vaccination; nationalism; conspiracy theories; mandatory vaccination

Online: 4 November 2022 (01:06:55 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0439.v1

An fNIRS Study of Applicability of The Unity-Diversity Model of Executive Functions in Preschoolers

Sha Xie, Chaohui Gong, Jiahao Lu, Hao Zhang, Dandan Wu, Xinli Chi, Hui Li, Chunqi Chang

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: executive function; early childhood; fNIRS; working memory; cognitive shifting; inhibitory control

Online: 28 October 2022 (07:02:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0437.v1

Differential Effects of Chronic Methamphetamine Treatment on High-Frequency Oscillations and Responses to Acute Methamphetamine and NMDA Receptor Blockade in Conscious Mice

Matthew Hudson, Joshua Foreman, Gil Rind, Elizabeth Manning, Nigel Jones, Maarten Van den Buuse

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: methamphetamine; mice; neural oscillations; gamma power; sensitisation

Online: 28 October 2022 (02:34:58 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0429.v1

Interactive Video-Based Passive Drinking and Forced Drinking Education to Reduce Intention to Drink in Adolescents: A Pre-Post Intervention Study

Siu Long Chau, Yongda Wu, Man Ping Wang, Sai Yin Ho

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Adolescents; passive drinking; forced drinking; alcohol misuse; interactive video-based education; pre-post intervention study

Online: 27 October 2022 (08:50:37 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0130.v1

Consciousness: A Strategy for Behavioral Decisions

Bjørn Grinde

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: evolution; consciousness; nervous systems; feelings; reflexes; instincts; amniotes; behavioral decisions; neuronal algorithms

Online: 10 October 2022 (14:49:33 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0110.v1

Level of Trust of the Population in the Unified Health System in the Midst of the COVID-19 Crisis in Brazil

Juliana Tenório de Araújo, Felipe Delpino, Heriederson Dias, Thais Berra, Antonio Ramos, Murilo Nascimento, Jonas Alonso, Ruan Silva, Giselle Freitas, Titilade Teibo, Roxana Gonzales, Ricardo Arcêncio

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: COVID-19; Confidence; Health services; Basic health Unit; Hospital; Public policy.

Online: 10 October 2022 (02:12:08 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0451.v1

Effects of Electronic Cigarette Use on Cardiovascular Disease-related Inflammatory Biomarkers in Smokers with HIV in a Switching Study in the United States

Patricia A. Cioe, William V. Lechner, Jennifer W. Tidey, Christopher W. Kahler

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: HIV; tobacco; electronic cigarettes; inflammation; biomarkers

Online: 29 September 2022 (03:54:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0355.v1

Neck Muscle Vibration Alters Upper Limb Proprioception as Demonstrated by Changes in Accuracy and Precision During an Elbow Repositioning Task

Hailey Tabbert, Ushani Ambalavanar, Bernadette Murphy

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Neck Muscle Vibration; Proprioception; Body Schema

Online: 23 September 2022 (03:45:37 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0322.v1

Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK: A Qualitative Analysis of Free-Text Survey Data

Verity Hailey, Alexandra Burton, Mark Hamer, Daisy Fancourt, Abigail Fisher

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: COVID-19; lockdown; physical activity; mental health; wellbeing, outdoor space

Online: 21 September 2022 (10:08:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0217.v1

Visualization of the Dynamic Brain Activation Pattern During a Decision Making Task

Harshit Parmar, Eric Walden

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: decision making; dynamic activation; fMRI; visualization; deconvolution

Online: 15 September 2022 (03:46:46 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0148.v1

A Pre and Post-intervention Study Measuring the Effect of an Interactive Educational Program to Tackle the School-Age Children Overweight and Obesity

Israel Rios-Castillo, Lisbeth Escala, Ledys Urriola, Monica McKinnon, Carlos Rojas-Roque

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: oveweight; obesity; public policy; nutrition education; malnutrition; school

Online: 12 September 2022 (12:26:50 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0212.v2

Food and Nutrition Education against Overweight and Obesity in School-age Children: A Scoping Review of progress in Spanish-speaking Countries

Angélica Lizárraga-Quintero, Luisa Ortega, Flavia Fontes, Victoria Valdés, Roberto Ávila, Stephen R. Kodish, And Israel Ríos-Castillo

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Education; effectiveness; intervention; food and nutrition education; knowledge; schoolchildren

Online: 9 September 2022 (07:43:19 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0010.v1

Cardiac Gated Neuromodulation Increased Baroreflex Sensitivity and Reduced Pain Sensitivity in Female Fibromyalgia Patients

Kati Thieme, Kathrin Jung, Marc G. Mathys, Richard H. Gracely, Dennis C. Turk

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: neuromodulation; baroreflex sensitivity; dmNTS; pain inhibition; fibromyalgia

Online: 1 September 2022 (07:32:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0550.v1

Validation of the Malay Version of the Shame and Stigma Scale among Cancer Patients in Malaysia

Zheng Zhang, Nizuwan Azman, Hui Ting Eyu, Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, Hajar Mohd Salleh Sahimi, Mohd Razif Mohamad Yunus, Noorsuzana Mohd Shariff, Rohayu Hami, Nor Shuhada Mansor, Ping Lu, Mohammad Farris Iman Leong Bin Abdullah

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: stigma; cancer patients; Malaysia; Malay version of the Shame and Stigma Scale; reliability; validity

Online: 31 August 2022 (15:49:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0548.v1

Minocycline Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Locomotor Deficit and Anxiety-Like Behavior via Upregulation of the BDNF/CREB Protein Expression in the Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex (mPFC)

Entesar Yaseen Abdo Qaid, Zuraidah Abdullah, Rahimah Zakaria, Idris Long

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: lipopolysaccharide; minocycline; memantine; medial prefrontal cortex; locomotor deficit; anxiety-like behaviour

Online: 31 August 2022 (13:37:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0541.v1

The roles and challenges of Traditional Health Practitioners in Maternal Health Services in rural communities of Mthatha, South Africa

Mvulakazi Patricia Thipanyane, Sibusiso C. Nomatshila, Hannibal Musarurwa, Olanrewaju Oladimeji

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Traditional practitioners; maternal health; roles; challenges; rural

Online: 31 August 2022 (08:59:55 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0148.v1

The Effect of the Number of E-stores Subscribers on Chinese Smartphone Brand Purchases: Evidence From a Machine Learning Model

Karamoko K.E.H. N'da, Jiaoju Ge, Ren Ji Fan, Xiaobo Xu

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Chinese smartphone brands; Decision trees; e-stores subscribers; consumer learning

Online: 8 August 2022 (10:24:54 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0089.v1

Serotonin as a Biocultural Molecule: Circular Causality, Stress, and Psychopathology

Caio Maximino

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Serotonin; Chemical imbalance theories of psychopathology; Circular causality; Biocultural psychopathology; Critical neuroscience

Online: 3 August 2022 (11:24:47 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0012.v1

Effect of One Belt One Road Initiative (OBORI) Policy on the International Spread of Chinese Brands

Karamoko K.E.H. N'da, Jiaoju Ge, Ren Jifan, Jia Wang

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: International Online Shopping; One Belt One Road Initiative; Chinese Bands; Brand Preference; International Online Consumers

Online: 1 August 2022 (08:41:02 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0397.v1

A Comprehensive Neuropsychological Study of Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Its Relationship with Psychosocial Functioning: A Biopsychosocial Approach

Moon Fai Chan, Aishwarya Ganesh, Sangeetha Mahadevan, Siham Al-Shamli, Khalid Al-Waili, Suad Al-Mukhaini, Khalid Al-Rasadi, Samir Al-Adawi

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Familial hypercholesterolemia; Neuropsychological outcomes; Cognition; Health literacy; Quality of Life; Affective ranges; HADS; WHO-QOL BREF; Oman; Famiilial hypercholesterolemia; Neuropsychological outcomes; Cognition; Health Literacy; Affective ranges; HADS; Oman

Online: 26 July 2022 (08:16:04 CEST)

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BACKGROUND: Over the past few years, there has been an increasing interest to view the diagnosis of Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) through the lens of the biopsychosocial model. However, other than a few epidemiological surveys, there is a dearth of studies from emerging economies that have examined FH using the biological, psychological and socio-environmental facets of the aforementioned model. AIM. The three aims of the current study were as follows: (i) to examine the psychosocial status among patients with genetically confirmed FH, (ii) to compare the intellectual capacity and cognitive outcomes with a reference group, and (iii) to examine the relationship between health literacy and cognitive functioning. METHOD: Consecutive FH patients referred to the lipid clinic at a tertiary care center for an expert opinion were recruited into this study, conducted from September 2019 to March 2020. Information regarding psychosocial functioning, health literacy, quality of life, and affective ranges were surveyed. Indices of current reasoning ability (attention and concentration, memory, and executive functioning) were compared with an age-matched reference group. The current hypothesis also explored the impact of FH on health literacy and cognition. RESULT: A total of 70 participants out of 106 (response rate: 66.0%) initially agreed to participate. However, 18 out of 70 dropped out of the study, yielding a final total of 52 FH patients. With 27 (51.9%) males and 25 (48.1%) females, the mean participant age stood at 37.2 years (SD=9.2), ranging from 21 to 52 years of age. In the psychosocial data, thirty-two percent (n=17) of them had anxiety (HADS≥ 8), and twenty-five percent (n=13) had depressive symptoms (HADS≥ 8). The performance of the FH patients was significantly impaired compared to the control group on the indices of current reasoning ability and all domains of cognitive functioning. In univariate analysis conducted to compare cognitive functioning with health literacy status, only indices of attention and concentration emerged as being significant. CONCLUSION: To date, there are only a few studies employing the biopsychosocial paradigm to investigate the FH population. The current study indicates that the FH population is marked by an impediment in almost all of the core features that are characteristically assessed by the biopsychosocial approach.

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0326.v1

Self-Enhancement and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: the Convergence of Clinical and Experimental Findings

Saeed Yasin, Anjel Fierst, Harper Keenan, Amelia Knapp, Katrina Gallione, Tessa Westlund, Sydney Kirschner, Sahana Vaidya, Christina Qiu, Audrey Rougebec, Elodie Morss, Jack Lebiedzinski, Maya Dejean, Julian Paul Keenan

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Frontal Cortex; PFC; Self-enhancement; Self-deception; SE

Online: 21 July 2022 (10:55:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0165.v1

Do Sex Hormones Influence the Helmholtz-Kohlrausch Effect?

Brian K Foutch

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Helmholtz-Kohlrausch effect; luminance; brightness; saturation; contraception; menstrual cycle; hormones

Online: 12 July 2022 (03:53:09 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0154.v1

Cholinergic Pharmacotherapy in Post-stroke Aphasia: A Review

Marina Katsari, Georgia Angelopoulou, Nikolaos Laskaris, Constantin Potagas, Dimitrios Kasselimis

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: post-stroke aphasia; pharmacotherapy; cholinergic treatment

Online: 11 July 2022 (08:58:05 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0132.v1

Overview of Conditions that Immediately Reduce Stuttering and A Unifying Account for Their Effect

Torsten Hesse

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: developmental stuttering; attention; auditory feedback

Online: 8 July 2022 (05:24:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0092.v1

Distribution, Assessment, and Source of Heavy Metals in Sediments of the Qinjiang River, China

Shuncun Zhang, Bo Chen, Junru Du, Tao Wang, Haixin Shi, Feng Wang

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Heavy metals; Risk assessment; Source analysis; Surface sediment; Qinjiang River

Online: 6 July 2022 (08:57:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0418.v1

Transformational Leadership and Workplace Engagement in Education: Implications of a Meta-analysis for Educational Leadership Research

James Pounder

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: transformational leadership; workplace engagement; education; meta-analysis; endogeneity; causal studies

Online: 30 June 2022 (07:43:16 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0386.v1

Toward Understanding Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development in Developing and Emerging Economies: A Review

Rabie Said, M. Ishaq BHATTI, Ahmed Hunjra

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Emerging economies; Economic development; Renewable and sustainable energy

Online: 28 June 2022 (10:43:23 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202206.0185.v1

A-REST (Activity to Reduce Excessive Sitting Time): A Feasibility Trial to Reduce Prolonged Sitting in Police Staff

Marsha L. Brierley, Lindsey R. Smith, Angel M. Chater, Daniel P. Bailey

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Sitting; intervention; feasibility; office workers; behaviour change wheel; police; QR codes; activity breaks; cardiometabolic risk; behaviour change; wellbeing

Online: 13 June 2022 (10:45:43 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0359.v1

Divergent Conceptualization of Embodied Emotions in English and Chinese Languages

Pin Zhou, Hugo Critchley, Yoko Nagai, Chao Wang

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: emotion；conceptualization；interoception；afferent；efferent

Online: 26 May 2022 (08:57:02 CEST)

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Empirical and theoretical advances in human neuroscience have led to a reappraisal of the relationships between mind, brain and body, the implications of which are particularly relevant to understanding emotions, which is revealed to be embodied owing to the facts that they are on the one hand primarily arise from the internal bodily states controlled by interoceptive system, on the other they give rise to physiological reactions and physical action evoked by autonomic nervous system. More specifically, when considering the ‘embodied mind’ (i.e., how mental processes are inescapably contextualized by their location within the body), the brain, instead of the ‘master’ of the body, is increasingly revealed to function as the ‘servant’, with its primary goal to maintain the body’s homeostatic integrity. This is achieved through the control of interoceptive information concerning body’s physiological state, initially as ‘simple’ organ-level homeostatic reflexes and then through higher-order coordination across organ-systems allowing ‘allostatic policies’ to predict and maintain future health of the integrated whole ‘biological-self’. In this context, motivational and emotional feelings arise from interoceptive signals that accompany (motivational and emotional) internally-directed physiological responses, and externally-directed behaviors. Emotion concepts are thus the categorized embodied outcomes of bidirectional brain-body interactions and may arguably be differentiated into afferent interoceptive processes, i.e., from body to brain, and efferent/autonomic processes, i.e., from brain to body. When comparing emotion words used in Chinese and English languages, afferent/interoceptive processes seem to dominate conceptualization of embodied emotions in Chinese, while the efferent processes feature more commonly in English. The presence of distinct conceptual systems relating to emotions may, according to the linguistic relativity hypothesis as well as the theory of constructed emotion, significantly shape the distinct values and ‘national character’ of Chinese and English–speaking cultures. Correspondingly, it is argued that, in the expression of affective traits, Chinese-speaking people are biased towards being more receptive, reflective and adaptive, whereas native English speakers may tend to be more reactive, proactive and interactive. These patterns also encompass functions historically ascribed to bodily organs by traditional Chinese and ancient Greek medicine.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0176.v2

Differences and Similarities in Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake among Municipalities in Flanders, Belgium

Allegra Ferrari, Ngan Thuy Tran, Sarah Hoeck, Marc Peeters, Mathieu Goossens, Guido Van Hal

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: colorectal cancer screening; breast cancer screening; BC; CRC; cancer prevention; cancer screen-ing; FOBT; mammography; Flanders

Online: 20 May 2022 (12:03:16 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0268.v1

The Role of HPV Self-Sampling in Cervical Cancer Prevention among Women Living With HIV in Low and Middle-Income Countries: What Do We Know and What Can be Done?

Matthew Asare, Elakeche Abah, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Lisa Lowenstein, Beth Lanning

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: HPV self-sampling; cervical cancer; women living with HIV; low- and middle-income coutries

Online: 20 May 2022 (03:40:58 CEST)

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Introduction. Self-sampling has the potential to increase cervical cancer screening (CCS) among women living with HIV (WLWH) in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, our understanding of how HPV self-collection studies have been conducted in WLWH is limited. The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the extent to which the HPV self-sampling has been applied among WLWH in LMICs. Method: We conducted multiple searches in several databases for articles published between 2000 and January 2022. With the combination of keywords relating to HPV self-sampling, LMICs, and WLWH, we retrieved over 9,000 articles. We used pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria to select relevant studies for this review. Once a study met the inclusion criteria, we created a table to extract each study’s characteristics and classified them under common themes. We used a qualitative descriptive approach to summarize the scoping results. Results: A total of 12 articles were included in the final review. Overall, 3,178 women were enrolled in those studies and 2,105 (66%) of them were WLWH. The self-sampling participation rate was 92.6%. The findings of our study show that 43% of the WLWH in 8 of the studies reviewed tested positive for high-risk HPV (hr-HPV) genotypes, indicating 4 out of 10 WLWH in the studies are at risk of cervical cancer. The prevalence of the hr-HPV in WLWH was 18% higher than that of HIV-negative women. Most women in the study found the self-sampling experience acceptable, easy to use, convenient, and comfortable. Self-sampling performance in detecting hr HPV genotypes is comparable to clinician-performed sampling. However, limited access (i.e., affordability, availability, transportation), limited knowledge about self-screening, doubts about the credibility of self-sampling results, and stigma remain barriers to wide acceptance and implementation of self-sampling. In conclusion, the findings of this review highlight that (a) cervical cancer is a threat to every sexually active woman but for WLWH the threat increases, (b) self-sampling laboratory performance is similar to clinician performed sampling, (c) self-sampling is associated with an increase in cervical cancer screening uptake and (d) WLWH reported a positive experience with self-sampling. However, personal, environmental, and structural barriers challenge the application of self-sampling in LMICs, and these need to be addressed. Keywords: keyword 1; keyword 2; keyword 3 (List three to ten pertinent keywords specific to the article yet reasonably common within the subject discipline.)

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0261.v1

Green Behavior: Factors Influencing Behavioral Intention and Actual Environmental Behavior of Employees in the Financial Service Sector

Joachim Paul Hasebrook, Leonie Michalak, Anna Wessels, Sabine Koenig, Stefan Spierling, Stefan Kirmsse

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: environmental behavior; financial industry; employee survey; behavioral acceptance; intention-behavior-gap

Online: 19 May 2022 (11:39:40 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0181.v1

Transition of Septo-Hippocampal Network Modes between Theta and Non-Theta States

Ivan Mysin, Liubov Shubina

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Teevra cells; Komal cells; medial septum; freely behaving animals; ripples; delta; theta

Online: 13 May 2022 (07:52:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0080.v1

The Shelter Dog in a One Health View. A Model Kennel in Southern Italy

Danila D’Angelo, Luigi Sacchettino, Angelo Quaranta, Michele Visone, Luigi Avallone, Claudia Gatta, Francesco Napolitano

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: One Health; shelter dog; dog adoption; dog well-being; dog behavior

Online: 6 May 2022 (13:55:36 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0075.v1

Benefits of Daytime Naps on Consecutive Days for Motor Adaptation Learning

Yusuke Murata, Masaki Nishida, Atsushi Ichinose, Shutaro Suyama, Sumi Youn, Kohei Shioda

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: nap; sleep; motor adaptation; learning; consolidation

Online: 6 May 2022 (10:36:15 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0186.v2

Genetics, Molecular Control and Clinical Relevance of Habituation Learning

Laura E.R. Blok, Marina Boon, Boyd van Reijmersdal, Kira D. Höffler, Michaela Fenckova, Annette Schenck

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Habituation; Genelist; Molecular pathway; Cognition; Neurodevelopmental disorders

Online: 6 May 2022 (08:58:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0058.v1

Which Front-of-Package Labels Help Indian Consumers Identify and Reduce Unhealthy Food Purchases? A Randomized Field Experiment

S.K. Singh, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Ashish Gupta, Maxime Bercholz, Barry Popkin, Nandita Murukutla

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: warning labels; Health Star Rating; Nutriscore; GDA; food policy; obesity prevention; non-communicable diseases

Online: 6 May 2022 (04:23:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0007.v1

An IPA of Health Perceptions Among Korean and Japanese Adolescents During the Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic

Hyun Su Youn, Eui jae Lee, Sokou Riki, Chizuru Mizno, Chulmin Kim, Yoshinori Okade

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: IPA; Covid-19; Health Perceptions; Korean & Japanese Adolescents

Online: 4 May 2022 (12:26:53 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0242.v1

Executive Function-Related Improvements on a Commercial CBT-Based Weight Management Intervention: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Andreas Michaelides, Ellen Siobhan Mitchell, Heather Behr, Annabell Suh Ho, Grant Hanada, Jihye Lee, Sue McPartland

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: CBT; obesity; mobile health; executive function; EEG

Online: 26 April 2022 (12:34:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0155.v1

Cardiac-Brain Dynamics Depend on Context Familiarity and Their Interaction Predicts Experience of Emotional Arousal

Sudhakar Mishra, Narayanan Srinivasan, Uma Shanker Tiwary

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: cardiac-brain interaction; context-familiarity; naturalistic paradigm; mixed effect modelling; emotional film; emotional arousal; introception

Online: 18 April 2022 (05:43:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0131.v1

Modelling the Impact of Weather and Context Data on Transport Mode Choices: A Case Study of GPS Trajectories From Beijing

Timothy Otim, Leandro Dörfer, Dina Bousdar Ahmed, Estefania Munoz Diaz

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Air quality; Geolife; Olympics; Traffic demand; Transport planning; Transport regulation

Online: 14 April 2022 (10:25:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202204.0062.v1

Study of how Clinical and Sociodemographic Variables Influence Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Deterioration in Women with Breast Cancer

Blanca Rodríguez Martín, Eduardo José Fernández Rodríguez, Celia Sánchez Gómez, Juan Jesus Cruz Hernandez, María Isabel Rihuete Galve

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Chemobrain; Cancer; Cognitive function; Insomnia

Online: 7 April 2022 (14:08:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0372.v1

Stigmatizing Attitudes Toward People Living with HIV among Young Women Migrant Workers in Vietnam

Toan Ha, David Givens, Trang Nguyen, Nam Nguyen

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: HIV; stigmatizing attitudes; women migrant workers; industrial zones; Vietnam

Online: 29 March 2022 (03:36:48 CEST)

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Despite intensive HIV education and prevention efforts in the past years, stigmatizing attitudes toward people living with HIV (PLWH) remain a major barrier to HIV prevention and treatment efforts in Vietnam. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of stigmatizing attitudes regarding HIV and identifying correlative factors that impact perceptions of PLWH among women migrant workers working in the industrial zones (IZ) in Hanoi, Vietnam. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1061 women migrant workers aged 18 to 29 from January to November 2020 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Stigmatizing attitudes toward PLWH were measured using a four-item scale. Multiple logistic regression was conducted to examine factors associated with stigmatizing attitudes. Over seventy-six (76.2 %) of the participants reported having at least one of the four stigmatizing attitudes. Greater levels of stigmatizing attitudes toward PLH were significantly associated with lower HIV knowledge, lower education and being Kinh (the ethnic majority in Vietnam). A high level of stigmatizing attitudes toward PWH among the study participants suggests that there is an urgent need for the development of appropriate culturally interventions and outreach education activities to reduce stigmatizing attitudes toward PWH among women migrant workers working in the IZs in Vietnam.Despite intensive HIV education and prevention efforts in the past years, stigmatizing attitudes toward people living with HIV (PLWH) remain a major barrier to HIV prevention and treatment efforts in Vietnam. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of stigmatizing attitudes regarding HIV and identifying correlative factors that impact perceptions of PLWH among women migrant workers working in the industrial zones (IZ) in Hanoi, Vietnam. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1061 women migrant workers aged 18 to 29 from January to November 2020 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Stigmatizing attitudes toward PLWH were measured using a four-item scale. Multiple logistic regression was conducted to examine factors associated with stigmatizing attitudes. Over seventy-six (76.2 %) of the participants reported having at least one of the four stigmatizing attitudes. Greater levels of stigmatizing attitudes toward PLH were significantly associated with lower HIV knowledge, lower education and being Kinh (the ethnic majority in Vietnam). A high level of stigmatizing attitudes toward PWH among the study participants suggests that there is an urgent need for the development of appropriate culturally interventions and outreach education activities to reduce stigmatizing attitudes toward PWH among women migrant workers working in the IZs in Vietnam.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0313.v1

Enhancing Resilience Regarding Depression, Anxiety and COVID-19 with a Narrative Method of Ordering Memory Effective in Researchers Experiencing Burnout

Carol Nash

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: resilience; depression; anxiety; COVID-19; amygdala; hippocampus; burnout; researchers; narrative; ordering memory

Online: 23 March 2022 (08:51:08 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0221.v1

Modelling the Mobility Changes Caused by Perceived Risk and Policy Efficiency: A Case Study in Leeds

Sijin Wu, Susan Grant-Muller, Lili Yang

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: urban mobility; dynamic risk perception; data-driven model; policy analysis

Online: 15 March 2022 (15:56:15 CET)

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In many countries, governments have implemented non-pharmaceutical techniques to limit COVID-19 transmission. Restricting human mobility is one of the most common interventions, including lockdown, travel restrictions, working from home, etc. However, due to the strong transmission ability of the virus variants, further rounds of interventions, including a strict lockdown, are not considered as effective as expected. The paper aims to understand how the lockdown policy and pandemics changed human mobility in the real scenario. Here we focus on understanding the mobility changes caused by compliance with restrictions and risk perceptions, using the mobility index from the Google report during three strict lockdown periods in Leeds, the largest city in the county of West Yorkshire, England from March 2020 to March 2021. The research proposed the time-varying z-scores and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to simulate how local people dynamically process and perceive health risk based on multi-dimensional daily COVID-19 reports first. Further modelling highlights exponentially increasing policy non-compliance through the duration of lockdown, probably attributable to factors such as mental anxiety and economic pressures. Finally, the proposed nonlinear regression model examines the mobility changes caused by the population's dynamic risk perceptions and lockdown duration. The case study at Leeds fits data well and shows that the third lockdown policy took effect much slower than the first. At the same time, the negative impact of the epidemic on population mobility decayed 40% in the third lockdown period in contrast with the first lockdown. The risk perception estimation methods could reflect that the local population became increasingly accustomed to the COVID-19 situation, and local people rationally evaluated the risks of COVID in the third lockdown period. The results prove that simulated risk perceptions and policy decay could explain urban mobility behaviour during the mobility well during lockdown periods, which could be a reference for future decision-making processes.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0208.v1

The Rapid Adaptation and Optimisation of a Digital Behaviour Change Intervention to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 in Schools

Georgia Treneman-Evans, Becky Ali, James Denison-Day, Tara Clegg, Lucy Yardley, Sarah Denford, Rosie Essery

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: behaviour change; digital intervention; COVID-19; school

Online: 15 March 2022 (11:05:30 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0176.v1

Differences and Similarities in Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake Among Municipalities in Flanders, Belgium

Allegra Ferrari, Thuy Ngan Tran, Sarah Hoeck, Marc Peeters, Guido Van Hal

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: colorectal cancer screening; breast cancer screening; BC; CRC; cancer prevention; cancer screening; FOBT; mammography; Flanders

Online: 14 March 2022 (08:48:50 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0070.v1

Change in Human (Moral) Decision-Making and Performance with Automation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Human-Automation Interaction

Arthur Prével, Salvatore Lo Bue

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: automation bias; human – automation interaction; human decision-making; level of automation; moral decision

Online: 3 March 2022 (17:28:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0064.v1

Training Computers to See the Built Environment Related to Physical Activity: Detection of Micro-Scale Walkability Features Using Computer Vision

Marc A. Adams, Christine B. Phillips, Akshar Patel, Ariane Middel

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Computer vision; Google Street View; Built Environment; Walkability; Micro-scale; Deep learning

Online: 3 March 2022 (13:49:08 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0310.v1

Translating the Biology of Rodents’ Sex-Recognition and Mate-Recognition to Humans’: Bridging the Pheromonal-Visual Gap

Yehuda Salu

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Sex-recognition; mate-recognition; sexual orientation; puberty; vomeronasal-organ; VNO; learning sexual behavior; Medial-geniculate-nucleus; MGN; MASH

Online: 24 February 2022 (10:06:07 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0271.v2

The Role of Mesothelin Expression in Serous Ovarian Carcinoma: Impact on the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapeutic Target

Giovanna Giordano, Elena Ferioli, Alessandro Tafuni

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: mesothelin; ovarian carcinoma; biomarker; mesothelin-targeting therapy

Online: 9 February 2022 (12:59:34 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0138.v1

German eHealth Impact Questionnaire for Online Health Information Users with Multiple Sclerosis: Instrument Validation Study

Anna Sippel, Karin Riemann-Lorenz, Jana Pöttgen, Renate Wiedemann, Karin Drixler, Eva Maria Bitzer, Christine Holmberg, Susanne Lezius, Christoph Heesen

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: eHealth; measure; psychometrics; factor analysis; Multiple Sclerosis

Online: 9 February 2022 (11:05:49 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0077.v1

Genetics of Externalizing Behavior and Structural Brain Development in Adolescence

Jalmar Teeuw, Marieke Klein, Nina Roth Mota, Rachel M. Brouwer, Dennis van 't Ent, Zyneb Al-Hassaan, Barbara Franke, Dorret I. Boomsma, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: externalizing behavior; adolescence; gray matter volume; white matter integrity; heritability; genetic correlation; longitudinal; magnetic resonance imaging

Online: 4 February 2022 (15:07:45 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0074.v1

Affective State Recognition in Livestock – Artificial Intelligence Approaches

Suresh Neethirajan

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: animal emotions; animal welfare; sensors; animal-based measures; affective states; emotion modelling

Online: 4 February 2022 (12:20:22 CET)

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Emotions or affective states recognition in farm animals is an underexplored research domain. Despite significant advances in the animal welfare research, the animal affective computing through the development and application of devices and platforms that can not only recognize but interpret and process the emotions, are in nascent stage. By capitalizing on the immense potential of biometric sensors, the artificial intelligence enabled big data methods substantially offers advancement of animal welfare standards and meet the urgent need of caretakers to respond effectively to maintain the wellbeing of their animals. Farm animals, numbering over 70 billion worldwide, are increasingly managed in large-scale, intensive farms. With both public awareness and scientific evidence growing that farm animals experience suffering, as well as affective states such as fear, frustration and distress, there is an urgent need to develop efficient and accurate methods for monitoring their welfare. At present, there are no scientifically validated ‘benchmarks’ for quantifying transient emotional (affective) states in farm animals, and no established measures of good welfare, only indicators of poor welfare, such as injury, pain and fear. Conventional approaches to monitoring livestock welfare are time consuming, interrupt farming processes and involve subjective judgments. Biometric sensors data enabled by Artificial Intelligence are an emerging smart solution to unobtrusively monitoring livestock, but their potential for quantifying affective states and groundbreaking solutions in their application are yet to be realized. This review provides innovative methods for collecting big data on farm animal emotions, which can be used to train artificial intelligence models to classify, quantify and predict affective states in individual pigs and cows. Extending this to the group level, social network analysis can be applied to model emotional dynamics and contagion among animals. Finally, ‘digital twins’ of animals capable of simulating and predicting their affective states and be-havior in real time are a near-term possibility.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0433.v1

Effects Of Cohousing Mice And Rats On Stress Levels And The Attractiveness Of Dyadic Social Interaction in C57BL/6J and CD1 Mice As Well As Sprague Dawley Rats

Gerald Zernig, Hussein Ghareh, Helena Berchtold

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: cohousing; stress; CD1 mouse; C57BL/6J mouse; Sprague Dawley rat; fecal corticosterone or cortisol metabolites; dyadic social interaction; conditioned place preference

Online: 28 January 2022 (11:13:58 CET)

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Rats, including those of the Sprague Dawley strain, may kill mice. Because of this muridical behavior, it is standard practice in many research animal housing facilities to separate mice from rats (i.e., the predators) to minimize stress for the mice. We therefore tested the effect of cohousing on the stress levels of mice from either the C57BL/6J (BL6) or the CD1 strain and Sprague Dawley (SD rat) by determining their fecal corticosterone or cortisol metabolites (FCM) concentration and investigated how cohousing impacts a behavioral assay, i.e., conditioned place preference for intragenus (i.e., mouse-mouse or rat-rat) dyadic social interaction (DSI CPP) that had been shown be sensitive to social factors, especially to handling by humans. We found that the two delivery batches of BL6 mice or SD rats, respectively, had different stress levels at delivery that were statistically significant for the BL6 mice. Even so, the BL6 mice cohoused with rats had significantly increased FCM concentrations, indicative of higher stress levels, as compared to (1) BL6 mice housed alone or (2) BL6 mice at delivery. In contrast to their elevated stress levels, the attractiveness for contextual cues associated with mouse-mouse social interaction (DSI CPP) even increased in rat-cohoused BL6 mice, albeit nonsignificantly. Thus, cohousing BL6 mice and rats did not impair a behavioral assay in BL6 mice that had proved to be sensitive to handling stress by humans in our laboratory. SD rats cohoused with BL6- or CD1 mice and CD1 mice cohoused with SD rats showed DSI CPP that was not different from our previously published data on SD rats and BL6 mice of the Jackson- or NIH substrain obtained in the absence of cohousing. Our findings suggest that the effect of cohousing rats and mice under the conditions described above on their stress levels as opposed to their behavior might be less clearcut than generally assumed and might be overriden by conditions that cannot be controlled, i.e., different deliveries. Our findings can help to use research animal housing resources, which usually are limited, more efficiently.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0385.v1

Improved Cognitive Performances in Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 5 (TAAR5) Knock-out Mice

Silvia Maggi, Carlotta Bon, Stefano Gustincich, Valter Tucci, Raul R Gainetdinov, Stefano Espinoza

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Trace amine-associated receptor 5; cognition; decision-making; switch task

Online: 25 January 2022 (14:49:51 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0314.v1

Executive Functions in Birds

Katarzyna Anna Bobrowicz, Samuel Greiff

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: executive functions; executive control; birds; inhibition; working memory; shifting; flexibility

Online: 20 January 2022 (20:52:34 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0227.v1

Enhancing Race and Ethnicity using Bayesian Imputation in an All Payer Claims Database

Sanae El Ibrahimi, Michelle A. Hendricks, Sara E Hallvik, Nazanin Dameshghi, Christi Hildebran, Michael A. Fischer, Scott G. Weiner

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Bayesian inference; race and ethnicity imputation; All Payer Claims Database; vital statistics death records; validation

Online: 17 January 2022 (12:40:15 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0222.v1

Tics and Emotions

Gerry Leisman, Dana Sheldon

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: Tics; Emotions; Basal ganglia; Tourette's syndrome; dopamine; HPA-axis; Premontory sensory phenomena

Online: 17 January 2022 (12:28:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0210.v1

An Ecological Dynamics Approach to Understanding Human-Environment Interactions in the Adventure Sport Context – Implications for Research and Practice

Tuomas Immonen, Eric Brymer, Keith Davids, Timo Jaakkola

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: adventure sport; extreme sport; ecological dynamics; transdisciplinary; form of life; skill; skill development; decision-making; freeriding; avalanche education

Online: 14 January 2022 (11:51:24 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0186.v1

Genetics, Molecular Control and Clinical Relevance of Habituation Learning

Laura E.R. Blok, Marina Boon, Boyd van Reijmersdal, Kira D. Höffler, Michaela Fenckova, Annette Schenck

Subject: Social Sciences, Behavior Sciences Keywords: habituation learning; habituation genes; habituation pathways; neurodevelopmantal disorders

Online: 13 January 2022 (10:57:23 CET)

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